An increase in press freedom violations last year created a
surge of need among journalists, driving a record number of assistance cases
for CPJ's Journalist Assistance
Program in 2012. More than three-quarters of the 195 journalists who
received support during the year came from East
Africa and the Middle East and North
Africa, reflecting the challenges--including threats of violence and
imprisonment--of working in these repressive regions. Here are some of the highlights
of our work over the last year:

Nairobi, January 22,
2013--Kenyan authorities must hold to account soldiers with the General Service
Unit, Kenya's paramilitary force, in connection with their reported assault of
two journalists on Sunday, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.